Day 27: Heron's Head to Oyster Point
May 26th, 2017
18.29 miles in 7 hours 40 minutes
 |
| Hunters Point Shoreline |
 |
| India Basin Shoreline Park |
Another addition to this area is the latest mosaic tiled stairs in San Francisco, that leads up from this bayside shoreline to the peak of Hunters Point and a bank of rental apartments that haven't seen much landlord investment or other upkeep in recent decades. Laura and I went searching for this stairs one day in an Uber, but the GPS was confused and we didn't feel like going by foot in the neighborhood.
 |
| Hunters Point mosaic tiled staircase |
But this time I walked through the whole neighborhood, and discovered that the long planned Hunters Point redevelopment is underway. There are enormous condominiums under construction on the crest of the hill, and below it you can see the almost completely abandoned Naval Shipyard. When I tried to walk through the shipyard, a private security guard in a portable booth in the middle of the road stopped me and said I couldn't go any further. I asked why and he said it still belonged to the Navy. There was no signage, no permanent guard kiosk, just this guy saying please turn around and hike back up over that hill if you want to get to Candlestick Park.
 |
| Panorama from top of Hunters Point |
Other than apartments on the ridge, Hunters Point is made up of a grid of streets below the ridge that stretch from the bay to 101. I realized I had been through this neighborhood several times before for Uber. This seems like a neighborhood ripe for artistic settlers, if not outright gentrification. Which will lead to the usual displacement of those who make their money providing services with those who make their money providing advertisements (it's not Silicon Valley anymore).
 |
| Remaining traffic sign for Candlestick Park |
After walking by the torn down Candlestick Park, walking to the end of Candlestick Point, I crossed under 101 to traverse the western side of the landscape hill that is so cleverly hidden next to the freeway on this stretch of 101 built across Brisbane marsh. The town of Brisbane seems completely lost behind the huge constructions of highway and railroad and recycling facilities of the city that sit in front of it on the former marshland. It does have a marina.
 |
| San Francisco Recology truck in front of San Francisco landfill hill |
I walked around Sierra Point (also known as the Brisbane Marina) where I've both ran and volunteered for a run put on by the DSE Runners club. I parked the car at the turnaround of this Sierra Point 5K, a convenient Bay Trail parking lot. I wondered where this week's run would be, looked it up on my phone, and discovered it was the Bay Trail Run 4M on Sunday at Oyster Point, a mere 2 or 3 miles farther on the trail. So I pushed on to the Oyster Point Marina and took an Uber back to my car. And just like I fit the Bay To Breakers in last week, I'll be incorporating this run into hike on Sunday.
 |
| Brisbane Marina/Sierra Point Marina |
 |
| Day 27: Heron's Head to Oyster Point |
Starting Balance 37.10
- Uber earnings to Oyster Point (15.78)
- Uber to Heron's Head 11.99
- Cappucino at new Hunters Point store 4.50
- Uber back to car 6.73
- Uber earnings from Oyster Point (8.47)
Ending Balance 36.07
Money makers and moneychangers are the false god he warned us about.
Something the driver of 101 never knows: Hunters Point and Candlestick Point are separate points.
I think the Sermon on the Mount is the best organizing principle for a future sustainable economy as any I've heard.
I found the landfill hill for San Francisco and it’s city sized.
Almost virgin tonic would be a gin and tonic with just a teaspoon of gin.
Candlestick Point looks like a candle stick, Oyster Point looks like the sphinx.
No comments:
Post a Comment